Re: SOFTWARE: Do you play computer games?

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 20:20:24 MST


Anders Sandberg wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:19:18PM -0800, Adrian Tymes wrote:
>>Many of the games I play are merely on the computer, but not true
>>"computer games". Play via email, and all that. (Like this one, done
>>as a mockery of Joy's doomsday pronouncements,
>
> What game is that? It sounds interesting.

Sadly, the rules were more Calvinball-esque than formalized. I don't
think it even had a proper name. (Remember, this was online; we had the
cards we said we had.) But perhaps something could be developed from
it...

> Apropos card games, Illuminati is a rather interesting exercise in both
> diplomacy and handling the unexpected. Two abilities we are going to
> need if we want to survive.

It's probably notable what groups *don't* have anything like them
represented by cards. Like the Extropians. This is not a conspiracy.
Fnord. ^_-



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